Cuspidor



NITnD"v i STATES g PATENT QFFICE.

SAMUEL SMYTH, OF PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CU-SPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,578, dated October 18, 18981.

Application led May 31l 1898. Serial No. 682,110. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: V y

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SMYTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification. v

In cases of sickness, especially in cases of pulmonary diseases, it is vof importance that the saliva be disinfected ordestroyed, and the cuspidors heretofore made use of have been difficult to maintain in a sanitary condition, and in instances where paper cuspidors have been employed they have required a separate holder for sustaining them in position.

The present invention relates to a sanitary cuspidor made of paper, in a conical form, and with a return fold to form a surrounding base whereby the cuspidor is adapted to rest upon any suitable support without tipping over, and the entire cuspidor with its contents can be burned so as to destroy all germs.

In making this improved article any suitable character of paper may be made use of, preferably paper saturated with paraffin or other waterproof substance, and such paper is made conical and the rim of the cone turned outward and downward to form a base, so that the apex of the cone will be above the lower edge of the base, and when desired a similar returned conical cover is made use of, the return folds being at such places that a space will be left between the cuspidor and the cover, and in the cover at the lower annular folds openings are provided for the saliva to pass through the cover and into the body of the cuspidor.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improved cuspidor iu its simpler form with a cover upon the same. Fig. 2 is a plan View without the cover. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the cuspidor with double folds and a cover; and Fig. 4 `is a plan view of the cover.

The waterproof paper. or similar material is to be out out of a circular or segmental form adapted to the size of the cuspidor, and Where the paper is cut segmentally it is to be bent up conically and the edges united to gether in any suitable manner. Where a circular sheet is made use of, the same is bent up into a conical form and folded in one or more radial folds, so as to obtain the necessaryconical shape, and then such cone is folded in an opposite direction, so that the edges of the paper form the base of the cus# pidor.

In Fig. l the cuspidorAis represented with the apex 2 downward and with a fold at 3, so that the cuspidor rests upon the base 4, and it is generallyadvantageous to so fold the paper that the base 4 is circular; but if the folds at 3 are made to form a square or polygon, the base 4 may also be more or lesspon lygonal.

In Fig. 3 the apex 2 is represented as upward and the fold 3 as downward and an additional fold at 5, so that an annular trough is formed at 6, the edge 4 of the paper in this instance not forming the base. It will, how ever, be apparent that the paper may terminate at the fold 5, in which instance the pa` per cuspidor as a whole corresponds to that shown in Fig. 1, only it is inverted. i

The cuspidor thus far described is adapted to use especially in the sick-room and can be burned up so as to prevent infection.

A cover B, of paper or similar material more or less ornamental, may be made use of, in which case the cover is conical and is folded with reference to resting upon and coin ciding with the paper cuspidor around the outer edges, but not in the middle portion, the fold at 7 not coinciding with the fold at 5, but being above the same, so as to leave a space above the annular channel 6, and the openings at 8 allow the saliva to pass through the cover into the receptacle 6.

When the cover is in the shape represented in Fig. 3, the apex 9 will correspond or nearly so to the apex 2, so as to rest upon the same but when the cover is made in the shape represented at B', Fig. l, it is advantageous to have the apex 10 upward and above the cen tral receptacle, the openings at l1 being in the annular channel around the central cone.

It is generally advantageous to destroy the cover as well as the cuspidor; but, if desired, one cover may be used in succession with two or more cuspidors.

I claim as my invention-1 1. As a new article of manufacture, a cuspidor of paper or similar material, cut out from a iiat sheet and shaped up into a cen IOO ' being an annular channel at the return fold in the cover and openings through the cover at such annular channel, substantially as set forth. f I

3. As a new articleoi: manufacture, a cuspidor of Waterproof paper or similar material in a conical shape and having a return fold forming a base upon which the cuspidor rests, and-the cover of paper or similar material of a conical shape and having return folds for the base of the cover to rest upon the base portion of the cuspidor, there being an annular channel at one return fold in the cover, and openings through the cover at such annular channel, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 21st day of May, 1898.

SAMUEL SMYTH.

Witnesses:

JN0. M. ARMSTRONG,v P. K. RICHARDS. 

